Rosenberg Kosakoski LLP’s David Rosenberg, Q.C. and David Moriarty are in the Prince Edward Island Supreme Court this week to establish the right of the Mi’kmaq of P.E.I. to be consulted on the sale and development of land in Prince Edward Island which the Mi’kmaq have occupied for more than 10,000 years.

As David Rosenberg, Q.C. explained to APTN National News, regardless of whether the Mi’kmaq have yet obtained a declaration of Aboriginal title from the courts, the Crown has “an obligation to consult with the First Nations about that territory or their resources so they don’t disappear between the time a First Nation brings its claim and it can be established in court.”

As the CBC reported, the Mi’kmaq of P.E.I. make no apologies for asserting their peoples’ right to their traditional territory, on which their ancestors lived for millennia, for one simple reason: they were there first.

Rosenberg Kosakoski LLP is tremendously proud to represent the courageous Mi’kmaq people in their fight for fundamental justice.